Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-09-08
In MemNriam.

In MemOriam.
DIED-By drowning at Crooked Slough,
Mississippi river, July rs, 1887, Clinton
w. Thomas, aged IS years and z
months.
Clinton was the son of VIM. Thomas,
formerly merchant of Fairview, town
of Hazel Green. From child he was
strictly and conscientiously honest, was
naturally Of kind and cheerful tenn
permanent and endeared himself to all
by his uniform kindness and cheerful
ness of manners. Early in life he joined
the Juvenile Good Templar Lodge and
never violated its principles to the day
of his death. From child he evinced
a remarkable attachment to the Sabbath
school and let the weather be fair or
stormy he was there. Children raised
in Sabbath school receive impressions
which favorablY tell in after years and
its influence for good can never be
estimated this side the portals of etern-
ity. We are led to enquire, Why is it
that in the short space of few min
utes parents are bereft of a darling son,
the life, as it were, of the family? Why
is it2 God knows. Strange and mys-
terious are the ways of Providence.
Clouds and darkness are about him,
but righteousness and mercy
are his habitation. Indeed, God moves
in mysterious way. 1t is past finding
out. Clint will be sadly missed at
home, in the weekday school, in the
Sunday school, and his genial smiles
will be missed on the street. The
bereavement seems to be an irreparable
loss to his sorrowing parents. May
this affective providence draw the par
ents closer 10 Jesus, the source of all
consolation.
Two other young men were drowned
at the same time.
John Ii. Thomas. son of Josiah
Thomas, merchant. John was 81 years
of age. of an amiable disposition, and
as business man he was courteous to
all. In fact his original cast of char
acter won for him the love of the CON-
munity. He had been married about
eighteen months and has left a young
widow TO mourn his loss, and lovely
babe four months old to grapple with
this unfriendly world. God bless the
widow and fatherless child and protect
them from the hands of the oppressoI
while journeying through this world Of
sorrow and tears.
Walter Hobbie, the other unfortunate
young man. was the son of widowed
mother. Hard did the mother struggle
to give him an education. He gradu.
ated in June. SO. He taught school
near Lightcap's mill last year and gave
such general satisfaction that the schoo
board invited him to teach the ensuing
year, and an agreement was made fol
that purpose.
The three young men were all active
members of the M. +. Sunday school
Thus In the early springtime of life the
hearts of these three noble young mer
have ceased to beat.
None knew them but to love
None named them but to praise.
The people of Galena who rendered
such kind and timely assistance at the
time of The accident will always have 8
warm place in the hearts of the be.
reayed. As to our friends here in the
village they were untiring in their eff
forts to console the friends of the un
fortunates. May the God of all peace
comfort the hearts of the bereaved a.
he alone can comfort. and may they
look to him for all needful grace ant
find him a refuge in time of trouble.
On the 9th the funeral of the three
young men took place at the NJ. E
church. Rev. C. Cook preached ar
excellent sermon from St. Johns Cos
pei, Chapter xi, last clause of the 2StE
verse-"rhe Master is come" Mr.
Cook was assisted by Rev. Mr.. Marks
p M. minister of Hazel Green. and
Rev. Mr. Smith, of Galena. From the
church they were taken to the Haze
Green cemetery.
What is deathS 'Tis TO be free
From earthly love, or hope, or fear
To join the great equality.
All alike are humbled here.
The mighty grave
Wraps lord and slave.
Nor pride, nor poverty dares come
Within that refuge house-The Tomb.
w. HARVEY.